[Cryptography] Simpler programs?

[Jonathan Thornburg]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 08:54:00AM -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
> One question that might shed light on the marketing problem: Why
> hasn't Postfix completely displaced Sendmail? Perhaps some of the
> Postfix people have some insights.

Licensing is important.  IBM's lawyers put some dubious clauses in
Postfix's license (see, e.g.,
  http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/misc/0306/msg00708.html
for a synopsis), so OpenBSD considers it inappropriate for their base
install.  OpenBSD is in the process of moving from Sendmail to their
own new MTA "OpenSMTPD" (BSD-licensed, includes privilege-separation).

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